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10 article(s) for May 2015

Written by Hank Wooley.Salàma from Tana! After a few days in Antananarivo and adjusting to the new time zone, it is becoming more and more apparent just how amazing this field expedition is going to be. This week we have been darting from place to place throughout the city to make sure everything is…

Did you know that archaeologists have tools that can see below the ground without digging? It’s true, and in fact we can map underground features, such as walls, in an area the size of a football field in as little as one day!There are various techniques available for seeing below the surface, but g…

Written by Hank Woolley.The start of the 2015 Madagascar Paleontology Project field season is finally here! Hank and Joe will be heading over first on Monday May 25 to meet our collaborators at the Université d’Antananarivo and start organizing heaps of gear.
This season will be a huge collaborativ…

Dr. Robin Tucker, one of the awesome researchers at Purdue we partnered with on the Fatty Acid Taste Study, was able to share some of our preliminary results at the Experimental Biology Conference in Boston at the end of March. She is not only an accomplished scientist (now a professor at Bowling G…

The Museum’s Health Sciences Department is partnering with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus to publish a monthly series on the Museum blog called “Know Health”. The articles focus on current health topics selected by CU’s medical and graduate students in order to provide both Engli…

In his second story, Ka Chun talks about the 25th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA released an image of Westerlund 2 in celebration of the occasion. This giant cluster of about 3,000 stars is named for Swedish astronomer Bengt Weterlund, who discovered the grouping in the 1960s. The c…

Steve Lee brings us the latest in mission news. He begins with an update of the status of Mars rovers Opportunity and Curiosity.
Links to Steve' stories: Opportunity update Curiosity update
60 Minutes in Space - Scientists from the Space Sciences Department at the Denver Museum of Nature & …

Next up, Steve talks about the Dawn mission to dwarf planet, Ceres, and the upcoming close approach of the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto.
Links to Steve' stories: DAWN at Ceres update New Horizons update
60 Minutes in Space - Scientists from the Space Sciences Department at the Denver Museum…

Steve wraps up with a look at the recent SpaceX cargo mission and the mishap with the Russian Progress launch to the ISS.
Links to Steve' stories: SpaceX Falcon 9 recovery attempt Russian Progress ISS resupply mission lost
60 Minutes in Space - Scientists from the Space Sciences Department at th…

Ka Chun begins with a story on active galaxies. An active galaxy has a black hole at its center which pulls galactic material inwards towards the central black hole. This central engine radiates out a lot of energy forming bright quasars with powerful jets of particles and energy.Links to Ka Chun's…